Hobbyists

Whether you are using live larvae or larvae frass for gardening, or you have a black soldier fly colony of your own, this category is full of products for individuals to cultivate their soldier fly-related hobbies!

Adding Symton® black solider fly larvae to your compost will cut down on methane gas emissions and increase the rate of decomposition, so order our compost-ready BSFL and upgrade your compost pile today!

Compost-Grade Black Soldier Fly Larvae

From $30.00

Compost-Grade Black Soldier Fly Larvae

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$30.00

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Black Soldier Fly Prepupae

From $29.00

Black Soldier Fly Prepupae

Order Size

$29.00

Qty

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Black Soldier Fly Pupae

From $39.00

Black Soldier Fly Pupae

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Ice Pack (1-Count)

$2.00

Ice Pack (1-Count)

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Always a good experience

My dragons love SYMTON black soldier fly larvae. Great quality bugs 👍🏽

Don’t think about it to much just buy them

Don’t overthink it just buy them I purchased the large 2000 ct. BSF Larvae and was more than happy and on the plus side they also sent more than 2000 will definitely be ordering more soon bearded dragons and geckos love them as well

Wonderful

All arrived alive and ready. Unfortunately the cold snap killed them.

Dragon for some reason was not interested in this batch

Symton silkworms

This was my first time ordering silkworms for my beardie. They arrived in good condition, were of a decent size, and Azazel loves them.

Insect Flight

Excellent sampler of feeders! As always quality bugs & fast shipping!

Very useful

Very helpful to sift the larva substrate out and leave just the larvae. But keep an eye on the larvae in the sifter if you just take them out one by one like I did. The sneaky little bugs take any chance to escape and somehow wriggle through the tiny holes!

Love this enclosure

I love this Symton enclosure. Super easy to put together shipping was fast. I have “similar” type cages in 50 and 120 gallon. This 68 gallon actually was EXACTLY what I was looking for to house my Kenyan Zebra Skink colony. The screen is extremely sturdy here’s 2 of our cats on top of it.

Hobbyists

Compost-Grade Black Soldier Fly Larvae

Compost-Grade Black Soldier Fly Larvae

Black Soldier Fly Prepupae

Black Soldier Fly Prepupae

Black Soldier Fly Pupae

Black Soldier Fly Pupae

Ice Pack (1-Count)

Ice Pack (1-Count)

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